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From: Olaf Lenz (olenz_at_fias.uni-frankfurt.de)
Date: Mon Oct 20 2008 - 07:37:58 CDT

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Hi!

Benjamin Bouvier wrote:
| Mesa is a software implementation of OpenGL that runs on your CPU
| instead of your GPU, hence the slow performance.

That is not true. Mesa 3D is not only the software implementation of
OpenGL, but in combination with DRI (Direct Rendering Interface) it
provides a way how the X-Server can use Hardware 3D acceleration, and
provides open source drivers for many 3D chipsets.

However, this implementation might not be optimal, therefore it might
indeed help to try the Intel proprietary drivers, as Benjamin suggested.
But don't expect too much.

Olaf
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